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Monday, 3 October 2011

Short movie reviews.

The Inbetweeners makes the transition from the
small screen to the big the screen and unlike many other TV shows turned movies
it retains what is most important - character. After another inspiring speech
by Mr Gilbert (Greg Davis) to mark the end of school four friends Jay (James
Buckley), Simon (Joe Thomas) Neil (Blake Harrison) and Will (Simon Bird) all
decide to go on holiday to Malia (in Greece) for sand, sea, sex, booze, more
sex and more booze.

After the massive success of the TV show the
program was crying out for a movie and the success has transferred to the big
screen (the film made 13 million within a week in the UK alone). The
Inbetweeners Movie is one of the best comedies of year as it is hugely
enjoyable and uproariously funny but it's not one for the easily offended
(women are seen as sex objects). This is also not one for those who do not like
the TV show or have never seen the original TV show but for those that have
seen the TV show will almost be guaranteed to enjoy the film. While the TV
episodes were funnier, due to the shorter running time, the film still has
plenty of gross out laughs, but amongst the nudity and gross-out gags is a
heart as Jay overcomes his embarrassment of being seen with a rather large girl
but he soon comes to realise he does love her.

It's great fun to watch Jay lie about all the sex
he has had, Neil take a liking to a woman rather older than he is, Simon moan
endlessly about Carly, and Will's geeky charm win people over. For fans of the
series The Inbetweeners is perfect, but if you are not a fan it's best to stay
well away. Let us just hope it does not turn into another American Pie.

4/5.

From director Christopher Nolan (Batman, Inception) comes a hugely complex
and original story in the shape of Memento. Memento stars Guy Pearce as Leonard
Shelby who after an accident suffers from Anterograde Amnesia (an inability to
create new memories). Leonard attempts to find the man who raped and murdered
his wife with the help of Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Teddy (Joe
Pantoliano). Nolan tells the story in a unique and mesmerising fashion, the
story is not told in any chronological order but in a series of flashbacks that
gives us an impression that we are divulging into our own unreliable memories.
Memento is loosely based on Chris Nolan's brother Jonathan's short story
Memento Mori with Nolan changing an average and forgettable ending into an
unforgettable one. Featuring an engaging, heartfelt and superb performance by
Guy Pearce and impressive supporting performances from Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe
Pantoliano, plus Nolan's quite brilliant storytelling turns Memento into
Nolan's best film to date. Memento is a modern classic and is completely
unmissable for Nolan and film fans alike. Here Nolan promised much and with the
likes of Batman and Inception Nolan has delivered and is now one of the finest
directors of his generation.

4.5/5

Very
few Stephen King adaptations are as good as the likes of The Shining, The
Shawshank Redemption and Misery, though Brain De Palma's Carrie does come
close. 1408 is yet another King adaptation but one that quickly runs out of
steam. 1408 concerns Mike Enslin (John Cusack) who writes books about the
paranormal, after a tip off he visits the Dolphin Hotel in New York and,
despite the manager's (Samuel L. Jackson) attempts, stays in a room with a very
dark history. Things quickly turn bad as Mike's life is in danger. 1408 has a
quite interesting premise but the finished product never matches the promise
that it had. It starts off fine with a number of small and minor incidents that
rack up the tension but when the room's paranormal activities become stronger
and more surreal the movie loses the tension it once had and if truth be told
becomes a bit of a bore. Credit must go to director Mikael Håfström for
avoiding a movie that is reliant on jump scares but one that uses physiological
tension; it's a shame that this physiological tension was not nearly as strong
as it should have been.